Autumn

one day I was strolling down an old country lane with my two dogs pulling freely on their reins my thoughts were of the gentle breeze that lifted and laid a blanket of leaves in my mind I began to see shapes of Summer bouquets and Christmas wreaths raising my gaze from the ground to the sky flocks of migrating birds came fleetingly by still looking upwards I observed the naked trees with countless nests lots of empty branches that the season had undressed onwards I ventured into a nearby field all strewn with straw that the harvest did yield on releasing my dogs from their reins they ran up and down the field and back again soon the sun was sinking down the sky matched the colours of the leaves on the ground hitching up the dogs back down the lane we proceeded to roam seas of confetti remained with us on the long journey home... 1993